HR News Updates | July 2017

A CalPERS special power of attorney allows you to designate a representative or agent, known as your attorney-in-fact, to conduct your retirement affairs. Should you become unable to act on your own behalf, your designated attorney-in-fact will be able to perform important duties concerning your CalPERS business.  The CalPERS special power of attorney is specifically designed for use by active and retired CalPERS members and beneficiaries. You may already have a power of attorney set up through another resource; however, it may not address your CalPERS retirement benefits.

Find out more by visiting: https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/active-members/retirement-benefits/service-disability-retirement/power-of-attorney

Have you set-up your my|CalPERS account yet? If you have not, you’re missing out on a resource which enables you to access your personal account information at any time. You can view your statements, produce retirement estimates, register for classes, apply for retirement and much more. To register, visit https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/education-center/using-mycalpers.

CalPERS Upcoming Webinars

CalPERS will host a 25-minute webinar Understanding Your Retirement Benefit Options on July 12, 2017 at 11:00 am.

You may be wondering what death benefits you can be paid to your loved ones if you should die after you retire. By attending our Understanding Your Retirement Benefit Options webinar, you will learn the difference between the options available at retirement to provide a lump sum or monthly benefit to someone else.

Visit your CalPERS Member Education page and scroll down to Upcoming Events to register for this webinar. 

CalPERS Spring 2017 PERSpective

Did you receive your PERSpective in the mail? Stay informed by viewing current and previous issues of PERSpective at www.calpers.ca.gov

Human Resources, California Faculty Association, Faculty Development, and Faculty Affairs have teamed up again to offer a joint orientation for staff and lecturers newly hired for Fall 2017.

The morning (9 am - Noon) is dedicated to a joint staff and lecturer orientation with sessions related to HR topics including a welcome from President Harrison.

In the afternoon, (Noon- 4pm) lecturers meet separately for a hosted lunch followed with teaching tips led by Faculty Development and the Faculty Technology Center. The goal is to acclimate lecturers to the ins-and-outs of working at CSUN, and equipping them with resources to better meet the need of our students.

Newly hired staff will be registered and receive a notice from Human Resources.

Newly hired lecturers will receive an invitation notice from their hiring department with a special link to register.

Please contact Professional Development with any questions.

Please remember to have new staff sign their position description within seven days of their hire date and to forward a copy of the signed position description to the Office of Human Resources, University Hall 165, mail drop 8229. The signed position description is maintained in the employee’s file and the position file. Retaining an electronic version of position descriptions within the department will make future updates easier.

As a reminder, if significant changes are made to a position description of a current staff member, that staff member should also sign their newly revised position description, with a copy sent to HR and the original maintained in the employee’s file and the position file.

Although Los Angeles City employers recently saw an increase to their minimum wage amount, CSUN employees follow the California State minimum wage guidelines - our current minimum wage rate is $10.50 per hour.  

The next anticipated increase to the CA state minimum wage will be to $11.00 per hour on 01/01/2018.

Reminder:

Student Assistants who are working in Summer and are not enrolled or enrolled less than ½ time in summer classes must be hired into the Summer Taxable Student (1874) job code for the pay periods of June and July.

Summer processing guides, workshop materials  and forms for 2016 may be found on the Human Resources website in the Managers’ and HR Facilitators Took Kit > Student Assistant Employment section > Summer  2016 Student Assistant Hiring & Processing.

http://www.csun.edu/hr/hr-toolkit

A NEW job opening number has been created effective July 1, 2017 for the continuous Emergency Hire Pool open position posted on Careers@CSUN, the CSUN Recruitment Services webpage. The job posting can be found here: HTTP://BIT.LY/HR_CSUN

If the prospective emergency hire has previously held a staff/faculty appointment and an application is in their personnel file, they will not need to apply through Recruiting Solutions.  However, if s/he has not previously been employed, the applicant must apply through Careers@CSUN to Job ID 6840/Emergency Hire Pool (Administrative/Technical) (Continuous).

The Emergency Hire Pool is also utilized for applicants who seek employment for administrative and/or technical work on a short term temporary basis (Emergency Hire).   When you need candidates referred from this pool, please create an Emergency Hire job opening in Recruiting Solutions and indicate that you would like applications forwarded to you from the Emergency Hire Pool or contact your campus HR Recruiter directly.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Mika Williamson, Director, Recruitment Services and Compensation at mika.williamson@csun.edu or x3817.